to help us at our homecoming center and help us rebuild in new orleans. we have been so fortunate with over 50,000 volunteers that's come through the homecoming center. so, know, we need to pay this back and pay it forward. we have been so blessed and fortunate to have been, you know, helped so much. we know that they now need our help. is the devastation is just inyesterdayable. we need to -- this is something new orleansens really want to do. because we kneel the pain. we know what they are going through. >> you walked in their shoes. >> we really have. >> i want to bring in charles. charles, what did you think when you heard there were victims of hurricane katrina sending volunteers, sending food and money to people in your community. >> i thought it was an awesome idea. we have been devastated here in the new york and long island area and along the eastern seaboard and have those folks come down to offer support to us was tremendous. as you know when hurricane katrina did hit. we felt the same. we felt that there was an organization and society come t